USA: Memorial for a Brave and Inspirational Makah Elder

Alberta Nora Thompson - December 3, 1923 - April 11, 2012

April 12, 2012

...“Binki” as we all affectionately called Alberta was vilified and scorned by some of her own people for opposing the whalers, but she stood her ground. She was the foundation upon which all the efforts of conservationists and animal rights activists stood upon as we patrolled the waters off Neah Bay for months on end- and she was solid.

She never wavered in her support for the whales and those who defended the whales. “Yes, my people once killed whales and yes the whale is important to us.” She once told me. “But now it’s time to repay the whales for what they gave to us in the past, now is the time to protect them, not to kill them. The whale was once the salvation of the Makah. We now need to be the salvation of the whale.”...

Source: Memorial for a Brave and Inspirational Makah Elder
Author: Sea Shepherd

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